Knowing about Domain Names is helpful when searching

Examples of Country Domains
ni Nicaragua
nl Netherlands
no Norway
nz New Zealand

New Zealand Domain Names

NZ examples
.co.nz
.org.nz
.ac.nz

.us.com is an alternate domain for the United States
.uk.com is an alternate domain for the United Kingdom

You can also limit a Google search to a country using site eg flood site:us

Or limit the earch to a web site eg floods site:nytimes.com